My front right headlight is practically brand new so the lens is shiny new. But my front left had been developing that old yellow haze so I tried the old toothbrush and toothpaste trick (2 coats) and followed it up with a nice coat of polish. This got rid of 70% of the buildup but I believe the rest is on the inside.

I planned on going in and cleaning up the inside of the lens to hopefully attain a relatively close appearance to the newer headlight. I planned on baking the headlight at 220° for 8-10min to seperate the lens, then clean and let dry, rebake to put it back together and add a new seal. Anyone ever tried this and got good results or would it be worth it to just buy a new headlight?

Also, I've seen a few 4th gens with clear sidelights and tailights without the ambers on the bottom. I like the look of this and online I've seen that in some cars its not the plastic that is amber but rather just a filter bonded to the lens that you can remove. Is this the case on 4th gen maximas or will I have to order custom lights? And also if I do this would I have to get tinted amber bulbs or could I simply put I light coat of spray paint to get a legal color of turn signals etc

 

Be very careful if you plan on cleaning the inside of the lens. It's much more delicate that the outside and once damaged, there's no fix except for a new headlight.

I doubt the inside is the issue. Toothpaste doesn't really work all that well and polish alone is only marginally better. This is the way to do it:
http://my350z.com/forum/body-interio...v-coating.html

 

Hey thanks for that, I'll be doing a proper restore of that headlight then this weekend.

 

The first thing i did when i purchased my 4th gen was headlight restore, then retro fit.

 

I just bought the car on saturday and I just wanna do a few cosmetics to it since it's a 19 year old car and while mechanically it's in good shape nobody ever took the time for beautifications.

Where did you get those side marker lights? They're clear with the orange filter just for the bulb which is basically exactly what i plan on doing for the tail lights as well

 

the clear signals come in with orange bulbs in package im sure. they have to be blinking orange for it to be legal.

 

The second thing you apparently need to do is to repair/replace that core support ...

 

what does the core support do?

 

True,but its not bad as you think, But its in the works.